In 1953 Aero O/Y Finnish Airlines ordered
three Convair 340s. Notable in this shot is the
titling
of "Airlines". Now one, in lieu of the two words used in
1940s. All three (OH-LRA.
-LRB and
-LRC) were updated to Convair 440 standard in 1956, when the airline
purchased
three
purpose built Metropolitans. The shot below evokes memories
of European airports
in the
1950s and shows OH-LRA along with a Sabena Convair 240 and a SAS DC-3 at
Dusseldorf.Lohausen. I am showing this image at slightly
larger than my standard to enhance
this rather nice panorama. In 1971 OH-LRA was sold to
one of those mysterious CIA-type
companies (in this case Tri-Nine Corporation) whose "leased" it to Air
Cambodge. Two years
later, on
12 June 1973 it was destroyed in a rocket attack at Phnom-Penh,
Cambodia.